Regular season totals, through Week 15

Revised as of 12/18/2018

This page lists DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) for total defense
as well as rushing and passing defense separated. The DVOA system is explained
here. All numbers below are
adjusted to an average schedule of opponents and an average percentage of
fumbles recovered by the defense. The exceptions are the three
columns marked NON-ADJUSTED. Rushing includes all rushing, not just running backs.

LAST WEEK represents last week's rank. WEIGHTED DEFENSE is adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually
less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the
season.

VARIANCE measures the statistical variance of the
team's weekly DVOA performance. Teams are ranked from most consistent (#1, lowest variance) to
least consistent (#32, highest variance). SCHEDULE represents the average
offensive DVOA of all opponents, with teams ranked from hardest schedule to
easiest schedule.

Remember, since positive numbers represent more scoring, defense is better when
it is NEGATIVE.

RK

TEAM

DEFENSEDVOA

LASTWEEK

WEI.DEFENSE

RK

PASSDEF

RK

RUSHDEF

RK

NON-ADJTOTAL

NON-ADJPASS

NON-ADJRUSH

VAR

RK

SCHED

RK

1

CHI

-25.6%

1

-27.0%

1

-23.3%

1

-29.3%

1

-25.9%

-22.2%

-31.9%

4.9%

12

-2.5%

23

2

BAL

-12.9%

2

-11.9%

5

-11.1%

2

-15.5%

6

-9.4%

-6.4%

-13.7%

7.1%

27

4.2%

5

3

BUF

-10.8%

3

-12.3%

2

-9.4%

4

-12.6%

9

-8.9%

-6.2%

-12.0%

8.6%

32

-2.0%

20

4

DEN

-10.5%

4

-12.2%

4

-10.1%

3

-11.0%

11

-7.8%

-5.0%

-11.6%

4.3%

9

3.4%

7

5

JAX

-8.6%

5

-5.8%

7

-3.7%

7

-14.3%

7

-6.7%

-2.3%

-11.6%

5.5%

18

-1.5%

18

6

MIN

-8.6%

6

-9.5%

6

-8.3%

5

-9.0%

15

-10.3%

-9.8%

-10.9%

7.3%

28

-2.6%

24

7

HOU

-5.3%

8

-2.5%

12

10.6%

22

-27.5%

2

-9.5%

3.4%

-27.4%

5.3%

15

-6.6%

30

8

NO

-5.0%

13

-12.2%

3

6.1%

15

-23.5%

3

-4.1%

7.1%

-22.9%

6.9%

26

1.3%

12

9

DAL

-4.9%

7

-4.9%

10

5.5%

14

-18.0%

5

-4.9%

6.2%

-18.9%

6.2%

21

-1.9%

19

10

CLE

-4.7%

10

0.8%

15

-6.0%

6

-2.8%

23

-3.4%

-4.6%

-1.6%

7.3%

29

7.5%

2

11

IND

-4.5%

11

-5.4%

9

6.8%

17

-18.6%

4

-10.5%

-0.6%

-22.9%

5.5%

19

-8.9%

32

12

LAC

-4.0%

9

-5.8%

8

-1.0%

9

-7.8%

18

-4.0%

-2.7%

-5.7%

1.9%

1

0.8%

14

13

TEN

-1.8%

17

-3.3%

11

6.5%

16

-11.8%

10

-3.7%

3.5%

-12.3%

5.8%

20

-4.7%

27

14

LAR

-1.0%

12

0.4%

13

-2.9%

8

1.4%

28

-1.4%

-1.5%

-1.2%

4.3%

8

2.7%

8

15

ARI

0.1%

14

1.5%

17

1.7%

11

-1.4%

24

1.8%

6.1%

-2.6%

2.9%

3

3.9%

6

16

NYJ

0.3%

18

6.8%

25

3.8%

12

-4.2%

20

-2.6%

0.3%

-6.2%

6.7%

25

-6.6%

31

17

PIT

0.5%

16

1.5%

18

10.0%

21

-13.2%

8

1.4%

11.6%

-13.4%

4.2%

7

4.6%

4

18

WAS

0.8%

19

1.1%

16

0.1%

10

1.8%

29

-0.7%

-2.5%

1.6%

6.6%

23

-2.2%

22

19

SEA

1.6%

15

6.0%

23

8.5%

19

-8.3%

16

1.2%

8.6%

-9.4%

5.3%

16

-0.2%

16

20

PHI

2.4%

23

7.7%

26

8.9%

20

-9.3%

14

3.9%

9.0%

-5.2%

7.5%

31

0.0%

15

21

NE

3.2%

21

3.1%

19

7.3%

18

-3.1%

21

3.6%

5.9%

-0.2%

6.4%

22

-2.1%

21

22

NYG

3.3%

20

0.5%

14

10.7%

23

-4.5%

19

1.4%

8.1%

-5.7%

4.7%

10

-4.0%

26

23

SF

3.7%

22

4.2%

20

14.9%

25

-10.5%

12

7.0%

19.5%

-8.9%

4.1%

5

1.7%

10

24

GB

6.3%

25

5.4%

22

12.0%

24

-0.6%

25

5.6%

13.1%

-3.6%

7.4%

30

-5.3%

29

25

MIA

6.4%

24

11.6%

28

15.5%

27

-3.1%

22

5.7%

16.0%

-5.2%

6.7%

24

-3.9%

25

26

CAR

6.4%

27

6.4%

24

18.7%

28

-10.3%

13

6.9%

19.1%

-9.7%

4.7%

11

1.2%

13

27

KC

7.5%

26

5.1%

21

4.6%

13

11.7%

32

7.8%

6.4%

9.9%

2.5%

2

1.6%

11

28

CIN

7.8%

28

10.9%

27

15.1%

26

-0.6%

26

11.4%

20.0%

1.5%

5.2%

14

7.9%

1

29

TB

13.8%

30

12.0%

29

20.9%

29

5.1%

31

17.2%

25.6%

6.7%

5.5%

17

1.8%

9

30

OAK

13.9%

31

13.2%

30

28.4%

31

0.0%

27

16.9%

31.7%

2.7%

4.2%

6

5.1%

3

31

DET

14.2%

29

13.6%

31

32.7%

32

-7.9%

17

11.4%

24.4%

-4.2%

3.9%

4

-4.8%

28

32

ATL

15.1%

32

15.2%

32

24.8%

30

3.3%

30

15.3%

20.2%

9.4%

5.1%

13

-0.2%

17

2018 DEFENSE vs. TYPES OF RECEIVERS

Regular season totals, through Week 15

Revised as of 12/18/2018

DVOA ratings represent value from the point of view of the defense,
not fantasy football players, and include items that have no impact on fantasy football
(such as how many interceptions are caught on passes intended to certain receivers).
DVOA of defense against receivers does not include sacks or passes with no
intended receiver listed. Passes per game and yards per game are more useful for
fantasy football players. These numbers are adjusted based on the opposing offenses
and include defensive pass interference.

Note that our decision of which receiver is 'number one' and which receiver
is 'number two' is somewhat subjective. Teams are ranked in order of general
passing defense DVOA.

Numbers in red represent NFL averages for the season.

vs. #1 WR

vs. #2 WR

vs. Other WR

vs. TE

vs. RB

Rk

Team

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

1

CHI

-28.7%

2

7.9

57.3

-18.2%

5

6.9

61.4

-23.4%

3

7.2

52.9

-30.3%

3

8.1

43.4

-8.9%

11

7.2

41.4

2

BAL

-12.0%

6

7.6

60.0

-26.3%

3

6.5

37.1

-12.2%

7

5.9

42.4

22.3%

27

7.4

62.9

-32.2%

1

7.4

25.2

3

DEN

-7.2%

9

8.5

68.9

-4.1%

13

6.5

57.5

-30.4%

2

6.7

42.7

-4.1%

14

7.3

67.0

6.2%

20

6.5

38.4

4

BUF

-2.1%

15

7.4

63.3

19.4%

26

4.2

41.7

-11.7%

10

4.8

36.6

-40.1%

2

6.2

36.2

-4.6%

13

7.9

43.9

5

MIN

-22.9%

3

7.5

56.9

-12.8%

10

4.6

35.2

-11.1%

11

5.6

44.8

20.5%

24

6.0

49.0

25.4%

31

6.2

51.1

6

CLE

-4.1%

12

9.1

73.8

-16.0%

6

7.4

56.9

-34.0%

1

7.6

52.2

-19.0%

6

9.4

59.9

5.9%

19

7.9

49.7

7

JAX

-13.3%

5

7.2

59.5

0.4%

18

5.6

40.6

-14.8%

6

5.7

38.9

-5.0%

13

5.9

46.9

-9.9%

10

6.3

33.9

8

LAR

13.3%

24

7.3

84.8

-8.0%

11

5.4

45.1

8.5%

24

5.2

36.6

-27.9%

4

8.3

64.4

-20.5%

5

6.7

28.6

9

LAC

15.3%

27

5.5

52.0

-7.3%

12

6.0

42.5

1.6%

18

6.3

48.8

-60.9%

1

7.1

40.0

8.4%

22

8.1

56.9

10

WAS

-2.3%

14

7.4

76.7

-12.8%

9

6.1

43.0

10.8%

25

7.0

57.0

-8.9%

12

6.4

46.0

-12.3%

8

8.4

51.7

11

ARI

-7.3%

8

7.4

61.2

-1.1%

17

5.9

37.0

0.4%

16

7.3

52.1

0.9%

17

5.2

35.7

-3.3%

14

6.1

37.4

12

NYJ

8.0%

23

6.3

59.9

2.7%

19

8.5

71.5

-2.9%

14

8.8

74.1

2.0%

18

5.3

35.0

-24.8%

4

5.6

34.9

13

KC

-6.2%

10

10.4

76.4

-34.3%

2

7.3

43.5

21.6%

28

7.6

61.2

20.5%

25

8.6

72.9

14.7%

27

7.5

62.2

14

DAL

-11.3%

7

8.2

68.1

-21.4%

4

4.1

28.3

6.0%

22

5.8

40.9

3.5%

19

7.0

59.3

6.8%

21

7.3

47.1

15

NO

6.1%

20

7.1

78.6

30.3%

30

7.5

76.4

-19.0%

4

7.4

52.6

-15.9%

7

6.2

39.0

23.1%

30

8.0

46.4

16

TEN

13.5%

25

8.9

78.0

16.7%

24

5.7

48.1

7.9%

23

6.5

48.2

-20.3%

5

6.3

41.3

-31.4%

2

5.9

26.5

17

IND

-5.5%

11

6.9

56.6

-13.8%

8

5.5

41.8

12.3%

26

5.0

36.5

14.0%

23

7.9

74.7

11.5%

24

8.8

57.3

18

NE

2.3%

18

8.1

68.2

-16.0%

7

7.2

48.8

-9.3%

12

7.0

58.0

-9.6%

11

7.4

57.0

9.2%

23

8.3

53.0

19

SEA

16.8%

28

7.8

80.4

7.2%

22

5.7

52.7

-12.0%

9

5.1

32.8

-11.8%

8

6.4

43.7

-1.8%

15

7.4

55.5

20

PHI

0.0%

16

10.1

93.5

19.6%

27

6.8

58.7

-12.1%

8

7.5

47.0

-10.7%

9

6.7

47.7

11.6%

25

8.7

56.7

21

PIT

-3.0%

13

9.3

74.1

4.2%

20

5.9

50.7

4.3%

20

6.2

53.8

31.1%

31

7.7

63.8

-11.9%

9

6.0

30.7

22

HOU

22.3%

31

8.1

82.7

7.7%

23

5.7

47.8

4.7%

21

6.8

52.6

25.9%

29

7.4

68.9

-27.1%

3

7.3

48.3

23

NYG

23.4%

32

7.3

69.5

-42.0%

1

6.2

36.3

17.9%

27

5.7

53.3

-10.0%

10

6.4

55.8

-17.3%

6

7.3

41.3

24

GB

7.0%

22

8.4

70.9

6.6%

21

6.4

61.8

-6.0%

13

5.7

37.4

8.1%

22

6.6

47.8

15.6%

28

5.4

36.8

25

SF

5.5%

19

7.7

68.6

20.3%

28

5.9

56.5

35.4%

30

5.6

45.0

6.4%

20

5.7

39.7

0.4%

16

8.6

50.1

26

CIN

0.5%

17

8.5

72.0

20.6%

29

6.9

53.6

-18.6%

5

5.2

41.5

0.0%

16

6.9

57.8

28.1%

32

7.6

52.9

27

MIA

6.5%

21

7.1

65.0

-1.6%

15

6.6

73.3

-1.5%

15

5.1

46.7

7.2%

21

6.9

53.3

13.7%

26

6.6

49.8

28

CAR

-15.2%

4

8.3

66.2

31.6%

31

5.9

56.7

4.0%

19

6.2

59.1

23.0%

28

7.1

60.1

-13.8%

7

6.5

32.6

29

TB

16.9%

29

7.9

73.4

19.2%

25

5.3

53.3

1.5%

17

4.6

37.6

26.1%

30

7.1

69.4

3.9%

18

6.5

44.9

30

ATL

17.2%

30

7.5

73.1

-1.9%

14

6.9

43.9

40.5%

31

4.7

49.6

-2.3%

15

6.5

51.2

17.6%

29

9.0

64.3

31

OAK

-34.7%

1

7.0

51.4

-1.2%

16

5.6

46.7

30.4%

29

5.4

50.9

45.2%

32

6.2

70.2

2.9%

17

5.2

33.6

32

DET

13.5%

26

6.2

54.6

41.8%

32

5.9

64.0

49.3%

32

5.4

61.4

21.2%

26

6.2

44.7

-5.0%

12

6.7

37.2

NFL

0.0%

7.8

68.6

0.0%

6.1

50.4

0.0%

6.1

48.3

0.0%

6.9

53.3

0.0%

7.2

44.4

2018 DEFENSE BY PASS DIRECTION

Regular season totals, through Week 15

Revised as of 12/18/2018

As with the defense vs. receivers table above, this following table does not include sacks or passes with no intended receiver listed. These numbers are adjusted based on the opposing offenses and include defensive pass interference. Short passes are defined as passes going up to 15 yards through the air; deep passes go 16 or more yards through the air. All directions are listed from the offensive perspective.